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- Freshwater Biodiversity: A Preliminary Global Assessment - This document provides information on inland waters and their biodiversity, and includes the first global assessment of areas of special importance for freshwater biodiversity, based on expert opinion and data. It also includes a first comparative analysis of major river basins, using indicators of biodiversity, the condition of catchment basins and pressures on water resources, in order to generate indices of importance and risk. (FTP site).
www.unep-wcmc.org/information_services/publications/freshwater/toc.htm
- The Diversity of the Seas: A Regional Approach - A region-by-region account of select issues in marine biological diversity. Each account includes descriptive text on the oceanography, elements of biodiversity (including estimates of species richness and endemism), and a discussion of marine fisheries and their current status. (FTP site).
ftp://ftp.wcmc.org.uk/products/wcmc.publications/4.diversity.of.seas
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